Fixed bug #41919 (crash in string to array conversion)

MFH: fix #41908 (CFLAGS="-Os" ./configure --enable-debug fails)
patch by christian at hoffie dot info

- Marking already fixed bug in NEWS file (Bug #41909).

- MFH: Updated timezone database to 2007.6 (2007f).

MFH: add CURLINFO_PRIVATE & CURLOPT_PRIVATE
patch by Andrey A. Belashkov

do not fax the fixes :)

MFH (r-1.240)
Fix behavior of empty($sxe->element) and empty($sxe['prop'])
when used on empty elements properties (apply PHP emptiness rules)

BFN

Fixed bug #41770 (SSL: fatal protocol error due to buffer issues).

oracle BFN

Fixed bug #41845 (pgsql extension does not compile with PostgreSQL <7.4)

BFN

MFH: - Fixed bug #41865 (fputcsv(): 2nd parameter is not optional)

Added support for ATTR_TIMEOUT inside pdo_pgsql driver.
Fixed a bug inside PDO's "use persistent" connection detection mechanism
that would trigger connections on "" and "0" values

MFH: fix #41692 (ArrayObject shows weird behaviour in respect to inheritance)

BFN

Added persistent connection status checker to pdo_pgsql

Fixed bug #40419 (Trailing Slash in CGI request don't work)

MFH: fix #41445 (parse_ini_file() has a problem with certain types of integer as sections)

MFH: fix #41795 (checkdnsrr does not support DNS_TXT type)
patch by lucas at facebook dot com

Fixed bug #41698 (float parameters truncated to integer in prepared
statements).

fix #41773 (php_strip_whitespace sends headers with errors suppressed)
MFB is not needed, output buffering in HEAD handles this situation correctly

MFH: fix #41711 (Null temporary lobs not supported)

Fixed bug #41350 (my_thread_global_end() error during request shutdown on Windows).

Fixed bug #41685 (array_push() fails to warn when next index is already
occupied).